The
new Image book Evolution from writers James Asmus, Joseph Keatinge, Christopher
Sebela and Joshua Williamson with art from Joe Infurnari and Jordan Boyd
explored a phenomenon that is driving human evolution. The story is told from
the perspective of a scientist, a Catholic nun, and a young woman. The idea
behind the series came as pitch for a writers’ room book about the end of the
world. They all had to figure out just how the world would end and make it
different from previous end of the world stories. Once they had that worked out
then they had to decide how to write the book so a method was devised how many
pages each writer needed and how the make each issue mesh into a coherent story.
All agreed that the exact reason things were changing would be mysterious but
all perspectives such as a supernatural reason, a scientific reason, a religious
one or one in which monsters really exist would be explored. The monster angle
uses the body horror genre seen in just about every David Cronenberg film. The
science angle is told from the perspective of Dr. Abe Hurley, who may have a
handle on what is going on but most believe he is a conspiracy nut. He sees what
the other major characters Sister Hannah and Claire, who have figured out more
than he has so far. Claire and her friend Rochelle become a part of the story
when a customer of Claire’s parents comes around looking for some old scary
movies her parents used to sell. One of those films suggests that Los Angeles
may be the nexus point for the evolution. So as the series progresses the four
of them will end up on the same path but on different roads.